A HAT-TRICK of league victories has eased Bedworth United away from any relegation dog fight with Tuesday’s 3-2 verdict at Uxbridge proving another welcome tonic to manager Bernie Cope.

The Greenbacks followed up their win at Atherstone by completing a quick-fire double over their Middlesex hosts, who were beaten 1-0 at the Oval earlier this month.

“We have 35 points at present and I don’t think 50 with the games we have left is asking too much,” said Cope. “It would be good to finish in the top ten and I think we are capable of achieving both.

“Since the turn of the year it’s been an exhausting time and when you think that at the start of February, just six games ago we had 22 points, which would now have put us just one clear of the bottom club, it shows how quickly things can turn around.”